The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 2, 1934
Last Quarter
46.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:53 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.0%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 389,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 143
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
-
Venus and Mars close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 274.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.7° / 273.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 41m / 21.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 44.38° / 5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.75° / -6.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -87.07° / -0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.